Gadag, July 9 (IANS) A case of alleged sexual assault on a mentally challenged young woman came to light on Thursday from Arahunasi village in Rona taluk of Karnataka’s Gadag district, with police registering a case against a man following a complaint lodged by the victim’s mother.According to the complaint, the accused, identified as Durgappa, allegedly lured the young woman by offering her chocolates and snacks before repeatedly sexually assaulting her over an extended period. The alleged abus…
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New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) Human skeletal remains excavated from the archaeological site of Rakhigarhi in Haryana recently have been formally handed over by the ASI to the Anthropological Survey of India (AnSI), for detailed scientific investigation, an official said on Monday. Professor B.V. Sharma, Director of AnSI, said that the transfer, carried out under a recently signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the two institutions, is expected to significantly advance multidisciplinary re…
Dhar/Bhopal, May 15 (IANS) Veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Uma Bharti on Friday welcomed the Madhya Pradesh High Court’s decision declaring the disputed Bhojshala complex in Dhar as a temple dedicated to Goddess Saraswati. “After speaking with Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami in Dehradun on the Ganga, I was heading up towards Devprayag in the Himalayas when I came to know about the decision of the High Court of Madhya Pradesh on …
Akola (Maharashtra), April 2 (IANS) A police officer posted at the Civil Lines police station in Maharashtra’s Akola has been accused of demanding sexual favours from a woman while she was in police custody, triggering outrage and swift departmental action. The woman had been arrested by the cyber police for allegedly defrauding another individual of Rs 80 lakh on the pretext of providing a job. After being produced before a court, she was remanded to four days of police custody and was subseq…
New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) The Supreme Court is slated to hear, on Wednesday, a plea filed by the Muslim side challenging the Madhya Pradesh High Court’s order in the long-standing Bhojshala Temple-Kamal Maula Mosque dispute in Dhar district. As per the causelist published on the official website of the apex court, a Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M. Pancholi will take up the Special Leave Petition (SLP) filed by the Maulana Kamaluddin W…
Raisen, March 12 (IANS) Member of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Priyank Kanoongo on Thursday met with senior officials of the Raisen District Magistrate, Superintendent of Police (SP), and the Regional Director regarding a case related to illegal cannon firing from Raisen Fort. During the meeting held at the regional office of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) in Raisen, the Commission member raised the issue of misuse of the cannon and the preventive actions required fro…
Bhopal, March 7 (IANS) National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Member Priyank Kanoongo on Saturday expressed strong displeasure over miscreants firing illegal country-made cannons on a residential area from the side of an Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)-protected fort in Raisen district of Madhya Pradesh. Kanoongo shared a video on his social media account showing a group of people firing and celebrating each shot. He alleged that miscreants are firing illegal indigenous cannons on re…
New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) The Supreme Court will hear on Thursday a plea filed by the Hindu Front for Justice (HFJ) seeking exclusive rights for Hindus to offer prayers on Basant Panchami at the disputed Bhojshala Temple–Kamal Maula Mosque complex in Dhar district of western Madhya Pradesh.The application was filed on January 2, 2026, by advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain on behalf of the HFJ and was mentioned urgently before the apex court on Tuesday. Acting on the request, the Supreme Court listed …